Rome is relevant, if by only one virtue, due to language. It's hard to write English, a Germanic tongue, without using words that come from Latin. I wonder if l

Rome is relevant, if by only one virtue, due to language. It's hard to write English, a Germanic tongue, without using words that come from Latin. I wonder if liberal arts universities do not place enough emphasis on the classics. Even if only for elucidation of scientific vocabulary, basic Latin and Greek knowledge can be useful. Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.